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You’re having a great day at the beach or on the ocean, but your fingers slip, and splash! Down goes your smartphone into the briny deep—or hopefully, just into a few inches of salt water. Either scenario can be devastating, so here’s what you should do. First, Try to Find It Unless you’re in a situation where it would be dangerous to retrieve the phone, you should try to locate your phone and get it out of the water as quickly as possible. Here’s a few ideas: If you can’t see the phone, try to feel the phone underwater with your feet, or grab a fishing net and scoop up the sand until you find it. RELATED What To Do If You Lose Your Two-Factor Phone If you can’t find the phone, you’ll probably need to consider it a total loss. Contact your mobile phone carrier and tell them what happened, and ask them to assign your old phone number to a new device. Using remote management tools like “Find My” in the Apple ecosystem, you can report your device as lost or … [Read more...] about What to Do If You Drop Your Smartphone in the Ocean

Over the course of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of us finally upgraded from an old-school “where do I stick this?” glass thermometer to an easier to use infrared model for detecting fevers. But those hankering to upgrade their Apple Watch in the Fall could end up with an ever easier fever-detecting tool. Watch Spoilers of the Week | July 1st 01:43 Now playing Why Keanu? Why? | Crypto Nonsense Thursday 3:29PM 01:02 Now playing What Song Would Matthew Modine Use to Escape Vecna? Thursday 12:22PM Although by no means a failure when it first launched, over the life of the product Apple has slowly figured out that the Apple Watch’s health-tracking capabilities are one of its biggest selling points. Last year a report from Bloomberg claimed that Apple had originally planned to include body temperature measurements with the Apple Watch … [Read more...] about Report: The Apple Watch Series 8 May Include Fever Detection

Is Westworld even Westworld if it’s not trying to break your brain? It’s a valid question, and I think “no” would be a valid answer. But since the show left the park at the end of season two to explore the dystopia of the real world, the third season felt like everything was a mystery until the final pair of episodes, which left the answers feeling either unsatisfying or unearned. Now that season four has arrived , it seems clear the show knows it can’t be completely baffling and must parcel out some answers goes . Watch Spoilers of the Week | July 1st 01:43 Now playing Why Keanu? Why? | Crypto Nonsense Thursday 3:29PM 01:02 Now playing What Song Would Matthew Modine Use to Escape Vecna? Thursday 12:22PM Actually, it’s kind of impressive that “Well Enough Alone” is as great as it is when it primarily focuses on only three … [Read more...] about Westworld Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Well Enough Alone

Laptops pick up dust, grease, and grime since they’re constantly in contact with your hands. But due to the way modern MacBooks are designed, cleaning them isn’t a simple case of turning the machine off. What’s the Problem? Once upon a time, you could turn your MacBook off by clicking Apple > Shut Down and clean your keyboard without waking the machine up. Those days are gone, with any keystroke on a modern MacBook causing the machine to boot up. You can’t even open the lid without waking a Mac up anymore! That makes it hard to give your MacBook a good clean, which is something you’ll probably want to do often to prevent oil and grime from building up. So what’s the solution? Use the Lock Screen to Disable Most Keys If you click on Apple > Lock Screen you’ll be taken to what looks like the login window, where you’ll need to input your account password or use the Touch ID button to unlock. Unlocking your Watch using your Apple Watch won’t be immediately available … [Read more...] about How to Lock Your MacBook Keys for Cleaning

A password manager is a great thing to use if you want to keep your passwords secure and easy to remember. Google’s Password Manager built-in to Chrome is a popular option and it works on Android too. While we don’t necessarily recommend everyone use their browser’s password manager , it’s better than nothing. Plus, Google’s password manager has gotten a lot better over the years. If you use it in Google Chrome on your computer, you should use it on Android, too. We’ll show you how. RELATED: Why You Shouldn't Use Your Web Browser's Password Manager Before we get started, we’ll need to make sure you have Google’s password manager set as your “Autofill” service on your Android device. This will ensure that the passwords you save will automatically generate when you need to log in to an app or website. Swipe down once or twice (depending on your phone) from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon to open the Settings. Scroll down to the “Passwords … [Read more...] about How to Use Google Password Manager on Android